Childcare

Good childcare is essential in order to successfully combine studying and family. We can help you register your child for a daycare facility in Bonn. Furthermore, we provide you with information about financing childcare and the possibilities of day care.

Place allocation 

If you have an admission request, please contact the facilities below directly. As a rule, places are allocated in January of each year. Please do not forget to additionally register your child for the facility via the parent portal KITA-NET.

Childcare facilities for students

Address

Heinrich-von-Stephan-Straße 3
53175 Bonn-Gronau

Kita Rheinaue cares for 30 children from the age of four months to three years. It also runs an open concept to care for 60 children from the age of two to school age. 

Costs: an income-dependent parental fee + monthly fee for meals (€80)

Applications should be made via KITA-NET Bonn (German only). 

Address

Eduard-Pflüger-Straße 56
53113 Bonn

The daycare center of the Augustinushaus is a facility of the Catholic University Community Bonn where childcare in two mixed-age groups with a maximum of 15 children is provided.

Costs: an income-dependent parental fee + a fee for meals

Applications should be made via KITA-NET Bonn (German only). 

Address

Maxstraße 36
53111 Bonn

Kinder St.E.R.N. 4(childcare for student parents during off-peak hours and in the afternoon) is located in Bonn's old town and allows students to have their children cared for two to three days a week for a total of up to 16 hours.

Registration is done through la familiär.

Contact

Phone: 0228-33627283
Email: kinderstern@la-familiaer.de

Other affiliated childcare facilities

Address

Adenauerallee 63
53113 Bonn

Located close to the main building of the University of Bonn, the daycare facility Newmanhaus cares for 31 children in two groups. 

Costs: an income-dependent parental fee + monthly fee for meals (€80 for students)

Applications should be made via KITA-NET Bonn (German only). 

This service is only open to children over the age of three.

Address

Auf dem Hügel 18
53121 Bonn-Endenich

The daycare facility Auf dem Hügel is located close to the Endenich Campus. It provides 50 places for full-day childcare. 

Costs: an income-dependent parental fee + monthly fee for meals (€80 for students)

Applications should be made via KITA-NET Bonn (German only).

Only children over 3 years old can be accepted. 

The Kindertagespflege Sternchen is housed in Kita Sonnenschein in Endenich. All the childcarers with which the University of Bonn cooperates through the "Netzwerk Kinderbetreuung" are fully-qualified and are subject to regulation by the local authorities.

Applications are accepted throughout the year.

Further Information about daycare services is available on the City of Bonn's website.

The University of Bonn also works with Ratz und Rübe, a provider of daycare services. 

Locations: Kessenich and Castell 

All the childcarers with which the University of Bonn cooperates through the “Netzwerk Kinderbetreuung” are fully-qualified and are subject to regulation by the local authorities.

Applications are accepted throughout the year.

Further information about daycare services is available on the City of Bonn's website.

Outdoor area of the Kita Auf dem Hügel
Kita Auf dem Hügel © Studierendenwerk Bonn/Lars Bergengrün
Girl paints at easel in the Kita Rheinaue
Kita Rheinaue © Studierendenwerk Bonn/Volker Lannert
Chairs and tables are placed in a room brightly lit by daylight
Interior of the Kita Auf dem Hügel © Studierendenwerk Bonn
Play facilities for children in the forest
Outdoor area of the Kita Rheinaue © Studierendenwerk Bonn
Room of a day care center with tables, chairs and toys
Interior of the Kita Rheinaue © Studierendenwerk Bonn
Exterior view of building surrounded by trees and bushes
Kita Rheinaue © Studierendenwerk Bonn

You can apply for the other childcare facilities here.

If you are interested in the other facilities, please contact the  Office of Family Services. You can make an application here.

Financing

Parental contributions vary from municipality to municipality and depend on the income. Students are usually not charged any fees.

Advantages for holders of the Bonn card

  • The parental fee is reduced by 50% as long as the card is valid

  • Card holders can apply for a reduction in the meals fees charged in daycare centers.

Childcarers

Childcarers provide an individual and flexible form of childcare. A childcarer can provide care for a maximum of five children in their household.

Costs

An income-dependent fee to be paid to the local authority. Parents can apply for a subsidy payable to help cover the costs for childcarers at their local authority .

Do you have any questions or are you interested in advice or in finding a childcarer?

A woman is reading to a child
© Colourbox

Contact

Avatar Krtinic

Snezana Krtinic

Responsible for the registration procedure

Please also read

Children and family

The city of Bonn provides information about childcare options and explains in various languages how the Kita-Net works.

The German childcare system

My child has a spot in a Kita. What's next? The website HandbookGermany answers frequently asked questions about the German childcare system.

Family allowance, parental benefit and

Find out here all you need to know about BAföG, parental benefit, family allowance and maternity benefit. 

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